"Where are our cannons?"

The Great Goblin Commander trembled violently like an electric shock at the moment, and his teeth chattered, not from fear, but from the uncontrollable anger in his heart, which had never experienced such an unbearable defeat in its life.

Hearing this, the goblin staff officer on the side leaned over and said:

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Division Commander, but it takes time for our heavy artillery to be assembled, and only light guns under 6 pounder can be put into operation."

There was a huge disparity between the specific gravity of stone shells and solid metal bullets, and the caliber of the 6-pounder guns in the New World was about the size of a bowling ball, and the weight of the guns that fired the shells was so heavy that the army could not drag the gun carts around with human or animal power, and it was necessary to use special transport vehicles, and the gun wagons had to be disassembled into parts for easy transportation by land, and it would inevitably take more time to assemble them.

"What about our air cavalry? Why didn't you see them appear? ”

The dissatisfied goblin division commander asked his subordinates with a tiger face, and the goblin staff officers present also felt that they were innocent, and explained:

"Your Excellency, the pirate fighters have blocked the surrounding airspace, and the air cavalry cannot provide effective cover until they break through the interception."

"Damn, nothing, do you want me to fill in the nothingness with the corpses of soldiers. Trenches and fences for hairy monkeys? ”

The unwilling shout echoed in the canvas tent, and before the subordinates could answer, a voice came from the door, and said coldly:

"You're right, it's time for you to order this."

Hearing this, the goblin master raised his head and opened his mouth wide in surprise, and then he said with a shocked expression:

"Your Excellency, why are you here?"

The shiny crocodile leather military boots stepped on the carpet, and the chief of the military department looked solemn like a priest preaching at the altar, and said loudly:

"The Empire cannot accept a shameful defeat, we would rather fall on the way to the charge and immediately carry out the order!"

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I will go to the front-line position to supervise the battle."

There were as many as one hundred and five active divisions in the Second Goblin Empire Army, and if you count the reserves, that number would have to be doubled. No matter how good Luo Zhengdao's appetite is, if he can eat and wipe out these six goblin regular missions, it will only be a fraction of the total strength of the goblins.

If you look at the current battlefield situation from the perspective of the goblin military department, there is no doubt that they would rather fight to the end with Will Needham than let the humans build their prestige on themselves, which will not only damage morale, but also make those alien forces that wander around the main continent like scavengers see weaknesses and make it easier to arouse their desire to attack. If those guys pounce on them and bite them desperately, no matter how strong the goblins are, they will inevitably be overstretched, so although today's battle does not have any decisive strategic significance, the outcome of victory and defeat cannot be ignored.

In essence, Luo Zhengdao is not a person who likes to be thrilled and adventurous, but instead he is playing a real-time strategy game, he is the kind of turtle defense that will not take the initiative to provoke the end of the battle without holding back more than three times the enemy's forces at home. A goblin bent on clearing his name and intimidating potential opponents is easier said than done.

On fire. The four corners of the spear infantry phalanx are a melee covering force composed of a mixture of spears and halberds, which is a necessary measure just in case, Luo Zhengdao according to the experience and experience of the actual combat use of the troops in the previous battles, a large number of artillery pieces are deployed slightly in front of these infantry phalanxes, constituting the main long-range strike force. These metal behemoths that can project stone projectiles thousands of yards away in the golden flames and dense white smoke produced by the deflagration of stone pine powder are extremely terrifying damage output weapons. Unlike in naval warfare, where the closer the distance, the better, the artillery of land engagements tends to carry out long-range artillery bombardment in group mode, thus tearing apart the enemy's military formation and blocking the opponent's offensive order.

Hard ground will bounce off stone projectiles fired at a lower angle, and can bounce several or a dozen times before the projectiles finally shatter after being hit by external forces, which is enough to tear a bloody corridor through the enemy's array.

Fixed-loading rifles with metal shells, fixed-loading light infantry guns, draw-on hands. The combat system composed of grenades, stamped steel plate armor and integrated steel helmets has largely erased the differences between the strengths and weaknesses of soldiers in terms of personal physique and training. As long as the soldiers can strictly abide by discipline and obey the dispatch of front-line officers and non-commissioned officers, the firearms army as a whole is bound to become a crazy and extremely efficient slaughtering machine. If we refer to the era division standard of the old world, Luo Zhengdao raised the organization and equipment of this army from the eve of the first industrial revolution to the level before the outbreak of the second industrial revolution in one fell swoop, forming a generational advantage for any army in the new world in the current era.

"Attack! Attack with all your might! ”

With a frenzied roar and a frenzied waving of their swords, the Goblin Wolf Cavalry began to launch a new round of assault on the human army's position. At the same time, on their opposite positions, the new rifles, capable of fifteen rounds a minute, had made the goblin wolf cavalry with light leather armor extremely vulnerable, and the 6-pounder and 4-pounder infantry guns fired shrapnel, blaster, and grapegrete shells at an extraordinary rate of fire at an extremely high rate of five to 10 rounds per minute, announcing that the old cavalry swarm charge tactics were becoming useless. Before the long-range firepower of humanity is suppressed, the dense formation charge mode at the risk of being bombarded by artillery is likely to turn into a bloody tragedy.

Goblins have always been known for their fear of death, but that doesn't mean they have no fear of death, and even the most brave warriors have to put a question mark in their heads when they see their own side suffer heavy casualties under the fire of human armies.

"This is an order, and you must carry it out!"

The Goblin Wolf Cavalry were all experienced riders, and could naturally judge the subtle changes between the speed of their own charge and the enemy's firepower projection ability, and the cavalry units that hesitated in front of the line of fire ushered in a stronger order, and the Goblin Division Commander personally led the Warlord to appear in the rear of his cavalry array. The original complex battlefield situation suddenly became clear, and the dense firepower network that advanced and impacted the human army was to send them to death, and it was estimated that they would become martyrs, and if they chose to retreat, of course, they would be deserters, and they would be doubly dishonored to die under the hands of the Warlords, and the goblin cavalry actually had no choice.

"Prepare to charge, throw behind all unnecessary equipment, and rush past those who don't have it as fast as you can. Coverage of the hairy monkey's artillery fire. ”

At this time, with the loud shouts of the captain of the wolf cavalry, the water bottle, the bag of dry food, and even the only iron-inlaid armor on the body were discarded by the goblin wolf cavalry on the starting position without hesitation. Since these things can't provide them with any protection and help, why don't you throw away the useless waste and lighten the weight of the wolf under your crotch!

"All of them...... Knife on the shoulder! Charge! ”

Stripped of all the burdens, the goblin wolf cavalry stepped onto their mounts with a murderous look, their swords on their shoulders, and urged the wolves under their crotches to speed forward.

From fifteen hundred yards to two hundred yards, this range happens to be the ideal range for most infantry guns, and the longer the range and more powerful heavy guns, the reloading speed is too slow, and it is more suitable for hitting stationary targets such as forts and warships, and there is little threat to the high-speed moving cavalry group charge. Under normal circumstances, it would take at most two to three minutes for the wolf cavalry to rush through this distance at full speed, but it was also the most dangerous few minutes. How many soldiers can rush over and what will the casualty ratio look like, even the head of the goblin division who personally went into battle to force this group of brave soldiers to run to the death line couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat, this is gambling on his life!

"Tom ......"

"Boom Boom Boom ......"

The cannonballs fired by the cannons of the human army were filled with pomegranate seed-shaped shotguns, and at this time, in the golden flames of the stone pine powder, they splattered in all directions, and the shotguns the size of marbles were more than fire. The guns fired bullets were no less lethal, and each shrapnel had an effective killing radius of more than fifty yards. Soon after the rapid and roaring shelling began, the large amount of dust raised by the explosion of the shells quickly obscured people's vision, and the artillery two-seat school firing plane, which had been hovering in the air, quickly lowered its altitude, and the crew members in the back seat took out their flare and fired signal flares to provide guidance to their own side.

The Goblin Wolf Cavalry is still advancing rapidly, this is not a skirmish that deliberately consumes the ammunition of the human army, and with first-hand information from the Air Force, the artillery commanders can safely and boldly open fire, it is a battle of willpower and firepower projection ability.

The commanders of the human army knew what the speed of the Goblin Wolf Cavalry was, and the officers at the level of battalion and company commander came to the front of their array one after another, shouting loudly:

“…… Fire. Gunslinger ready! First row, salvo! The second platoon stepped forward and raised their guns...... Aim...... Fire! ”

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

The strange combination of metal shells and single-headed stone shells makes for a new type of fire that human armies are equipped with. The gun can't make the bullet fit the rifling perfectly, and to achieve that effect, you have to use an all-metal bullet, which is obviously too extravagant in the new world, and the all-metal integrated ammunition is only available to a few snipers, and the financial pressure on the army to be equipped in batches is too great.

The gap between the hard stone bullet and the chamber impaired accuracy, and a single rifle was not very accurate at attacking targets over 200 yards, so the new rifles did not outperform the old flintlock pistols and arquebuses with much more range and accuracy than the old flintlock pistols and arquebuses when they did not use shotguns. It really surpasses the old-fashioned fire. The advantage of the gun was the rate of fire, and the fixed loading of the rifle allowed the new rifle to jump from two to three shots per minute to about fifteen shots. With this in mind, and to ensure that as many bullets were fired before the blades of enemy cavalry slashed into the tip of their noses, the seemingly archaic tactic of lining up to shoot was still useful after a new gun was reloaded, and it was still a classic method of infantry warfare.

A group of pirate fighters patrolling over the battlefield pounced on the rapidly advancing Goblin Wolf Cavalry Wing, and the squadron leader turned on the hedron communicator, and he shouted at the sound of the fierce wind:

"Start the formation dive...... Get ready to drop the bomb! ”

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Carpet bombing does not need to consider accuracy, not even technical content, and is indispensable for abundant financial support at the level of a big dog. Otherwise, those red-eyed logistics officers will drag all the bastards who squander ammunition from the front line out of the cockpit of the plane and hang them on the street lamps and whip them a hundred times! A hundred times!